Petraeus visits USC to view Veterans Day displays


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Former CIA director and four-star general David Petraeus visited the campus on Friday for the unveiling of USC’s six-foot-high panel displays in the Trojan Family Room honoring USC veterans for Veterans Day this Wednesday. Jeremy Fricke, USC Veterans Association president, and USC veteran students and alumni also attended the event.

Class Registration: No major? No Problem


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So you’re still figuring out what you want to do with your studies during your time in college. Being undeclared myself, I didn’t have a clear direction of what I wanted to study when I first enrolled at USC. This was especially problematic because I didn’t know which courses would benefit me when I first […]

Dutch girl at USC: Halloween in America


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Halloween in the Netherlands is an excuse for teenagers and college students to dress up as slutty anythings or wear cat ears while consuming copious amounts of alcohol. Halloween in Los Angeles is an excuse for teenagers and college students to dress up as slutty anythings or wear cat ears whilst consuming copious amounts of […]

Start the holiday season with homemade apple pie


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The holidays are just around the corner which means pie season is coming. For all those apple pie lovers, here’s a quick recipe.  Ingredients:      1 frozen double crust Filling      ½ stick of unsalted butter (melted)      ⅓ cup and  1 tablespoon white sugar      1 – 2 teaspoon cinnamon      3 big apples (or 6 small ones, peeled […]

Volunteering at a Chinese migrant school


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Before I arrived in Shanghai, I heard about an opportunity to teach English at a migrant school and immediately knew it was something I wanted to do. Through a non-profit organization called Stepping Stones, I, along with many other volunteers, teach English to grade school students at various migrant schools in Shanghai. Shanghai actually has […]

6 Steps to Securing a Summer Internship


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It may be only late October, but it never hurts to start thinking about summer plans. Many companies are already doing heavy-duty recruitment on college campuses, and USC is no exception. In the last few weeks, the Career Center has become a hub of students shuffling between information sessions and interviews. But don’t fret! Below […]

Ten quality covers of catchy Top 40 songs


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Whenever we really love a song, it’s important to us to listen to it up to a million times. We’ll put it on repeat while studying, working out or even staring at the ceiling and taking in just how great it is. Some of the catchiest guilty song pleasures can be found on most of […]

How you can benefit from a runner’s mindset


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Running has always been a way that I take a mental break from the world around me. It’s the time I allocate for myself to stop, breathe and just focus on my body and myself. One could say that it’s similar to meditation as I put in my headphones and disappear from everything for the […]